The Happy Service (1861)
R.L. Dabney urges the weary to come to Christ and take His yoke by faith; Christ’s meek, loving service brings true rest, unlike the crushing yoke of sin.
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The Happy Service (1861)
A Sonnet to Lee
Front matter for Discussions (Vol. IV, Secular) noting Robert L. Dabney’s professorships, edited by C.R. Vaughan, and including a sonnet to General Lee. Crescent Book House, 1897.
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General T.J. Jackson (1887)
Elegiac funeral discourse mourning General T. J. Jackson, praising his patriotism and sacrifice while framing his death as God’s sovereign act and a hope of heavenly vindication.
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Of Expounding the Parables
Preachers need systematic theology and sound exegesis. Parables should be read by the analogy of faith, guided by didactic texts and Christ’s explanations - avoid allegorizing.
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Sterrett’s “Power of Thought”
Reviews debate over baptism’s ritual vs spiritual meaning and cites Scripture; also reviews Sterrett’s Power of Thought defending active, teleological mind and moral freedom.
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The Christian Womans Drowning Hymn (1886)
Victorian devotional hymns imagining a Christian woman’s faith amid a deadly sea storm, using baptismal imagery to affirm trust in God’s providence and hope of resurrection.
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The Decline of Ministerial Scholarship
Argues that Presbyterian ministerial scholarship is declining due to lax licensure, misuse of "extraordinary cases," and seminary expansion producing superficial training.
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The Doctrinal Contents of the Confession — Its Fundamental and Regulative Ideas, and the Necessity and Value of Creeds
Dabney’s address analyzes the Westminster Confession as a Calvinistic, theocentric, and scriptural system, highlighting its moderation and the continuing necessity and value of creeds.
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The Practical Philosophy
Preface and table of contents of R.L. Dabney's The Practical Philosophy. Examines feelings, will, conscience, moral duties and the active nature of thought within a Christian ethical framework.
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The San Marcos River
Poetic meditation on the San Marcos River as a symbol of hidden strength, modest love, and unnamed heroes, ultimately pointing to resurrection hope and renewal.
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The Texas Brigade at the Wilderness (1890)
A stirring poem depicting the Texas Brigade at the Battle of the Wilderness—vivid combat scenes, leadership of Lee and Gregg, and heroic sacrifice and patriotism.
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Christ Our Penal Substitute
Dabney defends Christ’s penal substitution against rationalistic objections, explains imputation (actual vs potential guilt), and argues its necessity for justification and gospel doctrine.
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Francis S. Sampson, D.D.
Sketch of Union Theological Seminary’s origins and a biographical portrait of Professor Francis S. Sampson, highlighting his scholarship, teaching, piety, and premature death.
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Reminiscences of Jacob Henry Smith
Memorial volume for Rev. J. Henry Smith (1820–1897) containing a biographical sketch, accounts of his death and burial, tributes, memorials, and reminiscences of his long pastorate in Greensboro.
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English and Muskokee Dictionary
1890 English–Muskokee (Creek) dictionary compiled and revised by R. M. Loughridge and D. M. Hodge. Contains alphabet, pronunciation notes, and extensive English–Muskokee entries for schools and mission use.
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An Historical Address Delivered at the Dedication of Back Creek Church, March 21st, 1857
Dedication address for Back Creek Church (1857), recounting its founding amid the 1802 revival, separation from Thyatira, early pastors, and the Haggai prophecy of ‘latter house’.
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The Stone Kingdom
Late-19th-century study arguing the United States fulfills biblical prophecies (Daniel, Isaiah, Revelation), identifying America as the ‘Stone Kingdom’ in the end-times.
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An Address, Delivered in Utica, Before the Sunday School Societies, on the Fifty-First Anniversary of American Independence
Samuel C. Aikin’s 1827 Independence Day address urges Sunday Schools and religious instruction to form virtuous, industrious citizens and to safeguard the republic.
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